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Pro-Gaddafi forces block rebels
Libyan government forces are advancing towards the oil port of Ras Lanuf, checking the rebels' westward progress, BBC correspondents say. Bin Jawad, 50km (30 miles) from Ras Lanuf, has now fallen to forces loyal to Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi....
Yemen's president orders forces to protect protesters
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Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh has ordered his security forces to offer "full protection" to anti- and pro-government demonstrators alike. He has also instructed forces to prevent direct confrontation between the two sides, according...
What future would a post-Gaddafi Libya face?
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The Gaddafi regime is seemingly on its last legs in Libya, questions are inevitably being raised about what comes next. But this is a country where the trappings of a normal state simply do not apply. Col Muammar Gaddafi created such a personalised...
Libya: Gaddafi blames Osama Bin Laden for protests
Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi has told state TV that Osama Bin Laden and his followers are to blame for the protests wracking his country. In a phone call from the town of al-Zawiya played live on TV, Col Gaddafi said young people were being duped...
Libya: Tripoli residents 'quiet but confused'
As anti-government protests in Libya continue, an eyewitness in the capital Tripoli gave this account to BBC News. Tripoli is still quiet for the most part. Everything is still shut down and people don't really know what is happening. They are very...
Libya: Who is propping up Gaddafi?
Instead, it is a murky network of paramilitary brigades, "revolutionary committees" of trusted followers, tribal leaders and imported foreign mercenaries. The actual Libyan Army is almost symbolic, a weakened and emaciated force of little...
Europe races to evacuate expats from Libya
More planes and ships are heading for Libya to rescue foreigners from the chaos as thousands of passengers remain stranded at Tripoli airport. About 3,000 Turks left Benghazi in eastern Libya aboard two ferry boats on Wednesday, escorted by a Turkish...
Libya protests: Gaddafi battles to control west
Libyan ruler Col Muammar Gaddafi is battling to retain control of Tripoli and areas in western Libya as protesters consolidated gains in the east and foreigners continued to flee. Much of the capital is deserted as pro-Gaddafi gunmen roam the streets...
Libya unrest: First UK rescue flight delayed
The Foreign Office has chartered three planes to bring Britons home from Libya, but the first has been delayed because of a "minor technical fault". The delay will fuel criticism of the speed of the government's response to the violent uprising...
Libya protests: Tripoli hit by renewed clashes
Security forces and protesters have clashed in Libya's capital for the second night, after the government announced a new crackdown. Witnesses say warplanes have fired on protesters in Tripoli. To the west of the city, sources say the army is fighting...
